Personal Care Assistant

Description

Personal Care Assistant

Ref: ES1515

Location: Lewes

Details

This role is to support a Woman

The candidate should be a woman*

Drivers licence required: Yes

Hours per week:

6 to 7 hours at the weekend, either Sat or Sun Additional hours during holidays may be available

Hourly pay rate:

TBD

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We are a friendly family in Lewes looking for a fabulous PA for our daughter who is 18 years old and has quadriplegic Cerebral Palsy.

Our daughter uses a wheelchair at all times and requires assistance with all activities of daily living, including personal care, play and mobility. She is a fun, happy girl who loves to be in the company of others. She communicates verbally and loves to chat.

She has a great sense of humour, enjoys music, fun days out-and-about (bowling, swimming, ice-skating, theatre), shopping and loves going out for lunch. She requires support to access and interact with her environment.

This position will involve working independently and alongside us and our existing PAs. The work will involve supporting her with eating, personal care and (more importantly) having fun.

Although experience is desirable, this is not essential as we can provide relevant training. Most importantly we are looking for a friendly, caring, confident individual who is fun, patient and who has the energy and motivation to assist our daughter to reach her full potential with support and guidance.

As this role will involve taking our daughter out and about, we are looking for someone who is able to drive our wheelchair adapted car.

We're currently looking for someone for approx. 6-7 hours at the weekend, either Saturday or Sunday, with more hours during the school holidays if possible.

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Duties include:

- Eating and drinking assistance

- Other relevant duties as required

- Transportation

- Companionship

- Personal care

- Accessing the community

Candidate qualities:

- Respectful of the employer's privacy and confidentiality

- Reliable with good timekeeping

- Able to both follow instructions and work on own initiative

- Hygienic, tidy and well organised

- Fit and healthy to undertake the required duties

- Patient and possess excellent interpersonal skills

- Honest and cheerful

- Creative

- Able to always work to high standards of health & safety

Notes:

All applicants must have the right to work in the UK and be willing to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service check if required.

If you are successful in your application for this position, you will be either engaged directly or employed by the individual employer and not by Independent Lives. The role may be offered on an employed or self-employed basis, depending on the suitability and agreement with the employer. If the role is employed, you will be entitled to holiday pay and issued an employment contract.

Please note: If you do not hear back within three weeks of applying, unfortunately your application has not been successful on this occasion.

*Exemption for gender is claimed under the Equality Act 2010 Part 1 Schedule 9

Ad ID: 5418113730